Ida Wyman
Ida Wyman | |
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| Born | Ida Dora Wyman March 7, 1926 Malden, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | July 13, 2019 (aged 93) |
| Occupation | Photographer |
Ida Dora Wyman (March 7, 1926 – July 13, 2019) was an American photographer.[1] Wyman was best known for her documentary photography of New York street life.
Early life
Wyman was born in Malden, Massachusetts on March 7, 1926.[1][2] She grew up in the Bronx, New York. Wyman began her photography career while she was in high school, by taking photos of her neighborhood.[3] Before becoming a photographer, Wyman had planned to be a nurse.[4]
Work
Wyman was a member of New York City's Photo League.[5][6] During the 1940s and '50s, she shot over 100 assignments for Life magazine.[2] Working from the west coast, she was often assigned to photograph movie stars on set, such as James Cagney in White Heat.[7]
By 1962 Wyman had given up professional photography, taking a job at Haskins Laboratories in New York. Manhattan. She returned to photography in 1968, as a pathology photographer in the department of medicine at Columbia University.[1] It was not until her 70s and 80s that she began to receive critical acclaim for her work.[1]
Her work is included in the permanent collection of the Jewish Museum, New York,[8] as well as the New York Public Library and the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art in Wisconsin.[9]
Wyman died in Fitchburg, Wisconsin on Saturday, July 13, 2019.[10]
References
- ^ a b c d Sandomir, Richard (July 19, 2019). "Ida Wyman, Whose Camera Captured Ordinary People, Dies at 93" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ a b "Obituary: Ida Wyman, Photographer for Life, Chronicler of America, 93". PDN Online. July 18, 2019.
- ^ Tucker, Anne (July 20, 2001). "This was the Photo League: Compassion and the Camera from the Depression to the Cold War". Stephen Daiter Gallery – via Google Books.
- ^ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-07/the-story-behind-the-clock-set-in-a-new-york-city-sidewalk
- ^ Bezner, Lili Corbus (July 20, 1999). "Photography and Politics in America: From the New Deal Into the Cold War". Johns Hopkins University Press – via Google Books.
- ^ Gilbert, Sarah (July 19, 2019). "The pioneering female photographer Ida Wyman – in pictures" – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ "Horizon". American Horizon. July 20, 1985 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Jewish Museum". thejewishmuseum.org.
- ^ "The Photography Database". photographydatabase.org.
- ^ "Monroe Gallery of Photography announced the death of photographer Ida Wyman". artdaily.com.
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